Canadian Supreme Court Deeply Divided on Religious Freedom in Faith-Based Law School CasesCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationEarlier this summer, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) wrote the final chapter of a years-long saga concerning the ...
The Indian Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on the De-criminalisation of HomosexualityIndia, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationIn 2009, the High Court of Delhi handed down a landmark judgment in Naz Foundation v NCT of Delhi. It read down ...
The Forgotten Asylum Seekers of Calais and DunkirkEuropean Union, France, United Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsSince the closure of the ‘Jungle’ in October 2016, the asylum seekers and refugees that remain in Calais, Dunkirk ...
Argentine Senate Rejects Bill on Abortion: The Way ForwardAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Argentina, United Nations, Abortion, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Argentine Senate has recently rejected, by a 7-vote margin, a Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies on the ...
July 4, 2018 – A New Independence DayIndia, United States of America, Environment, Right to LifeIn the United States, the Fourth of July is celebrated as Independence Day. Someday history books may celebrate ...
Legal Actions Against Mountain Valley Pipeline Underscore Grassroots Activism’s ImportanceUnited States of America, EnvironmentThe Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile U.S. interstate project currently under construction that would ...
#NotMarriedat11: Legal Failures to Protect Children from Child Marriage in MalaysiaMalaysia, Children's Rights, Right to Freedom of ReligionWith the recent highlighting of yet another case of child marriage in Malaysia, where a 41 year old man married an ...
Coup, Constitution and the Count: Zimbabwe’s Disputed ElectionsZimbabwe, Conflict and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteIn November 2017, Robert Mugabe’s 38-year rule ended. At the time, I called this what it was – a coup – though ...
In Unregulated Spaces: Empowering Female Migrant Workers from IndiaIndia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Business and Human Rights, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 4 May 2018, Sheeja Das, an Indian migrant worker, was forced to jump off her employer's residence in Muscat, ...
Release of landmark report into the education of students with disability in Victoria, AustraliaAustralia, Children's Rights, Disability, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic RightsAround one in every six students in the Australian state of Victoria lives and learns with disability. On 29 June ...
Is the restitution of land in the ‘public interest’?South Africa, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic RightsIn the wake of public hearings taking place around South Africa concerning the Parliamentary motion to review and ...
A Masterpiece of Judicial Avoidance? United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual OrientationMasterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court’s ...